Month: August 2011

Steven and I have spent a lot of time this summer on the beach at night; particularly under the path of planes headed in and out of Logan at Winthrop Beach, where we snapped this photo of my feet and shadow on Tuesday night.

I finally finished my first peyote stitch bottle opener and I’m fairly pleased with the result so I’ve already begun designing my next one. I’m pretty sure these will make great gifts for all my beer drinking friends come the holidays.

Didn’t, unfortunately, get snaps of the fish tacos, but they were done on the grill and goddamn delicious, particularly when paired with this made up spicy cabbage slaw on the side, which was filled with jalapenos from the garden.

A hit, for sure.

I haven’t kept to my goal-unfortunately, its been so hot many days, I avoided the kitchen all together prefering to sit at the bar of my local and let them work over the hot stove while I have a cold beer. I guess that’s what summer is all about though, right?

This summer, I’ve definitely been obsessed with knitting using linen; after spying the Amiga Sweater done in some Louet Wet Spun Euroflax linen, I knew I had to try it. Here’s a sneak peak at my final result. My mum adores it, so it will probably be gifted to her. I’ve already bought two more skeins of the Louet in the aqua colorway because my sister-in-law wants one of these sweaters.

I’ve become obsessed of late with traditional peyote beading around things like pens, wine bottle openers, and the above church key, or er, bottle opener. In the true spirit of our heritage, my sister has been making these things for years, and for some reason my interest was finally peaked.

For this particular church key, I’m using a transparent style bead. It’s a perfect hot weather activity and pattern making is quite a challenge, indeed. You can check out more snaps, and follow my progress with yet another little hobby, over at its flickr set.